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31 of August, 16:14

Two fighters of the U.S. air force F-22 Raptor flew to Poland for exercises
Two multi-purpose fighter aircraft USAF F-22 Raptor for the first time flew to Poland on the first day of the week on a military base in Engaging the Central part of the country), where they will participate in training flights Together with the Polish pilots on the F-16 fighter jets, reports the Polish press Agency.

This will be the first exercises of this kind in Poland.

"After the exercise F-22 Raptor will return to the U.S. airbase Spangdahlem in Western Germany, where they were placed last week," emphasizes the Agency.

USA for the first time placed in the European Union multi-purpose fighter F-22 Raptor in Accordance with the proposal on strengthening the security of its NATO allies, announced last year in connection with the situation around Ukraine. Together with four F-22 air force base and Spangdahlem profits 60 soldiers from the 95th squadron of the U.S. air force.
F-22 is the most expensive fighter in the world, its Price is estimated at 190 million dollars. The multipurpose fighter of the 5th generation F-22 Raptor was developed by Boeing and Lockheed Martin, and adopted by the U.S. air force in 2005. In the construction of aircraft technology was used, making it invisible to enemy radar. The first time it was used in combat during the operations against the " Islamic countries ".

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